Soviet, oops, Russian Active Measures at Work

During the cold war, the KGB would sometimes attack the US indirectly. The KGB would write a whole bunch of lies based on a kernel of truth, that was purposefully designed to incite and inflame certain groups to anger. They were called Soviet Active Measures. When the KGB printed such a story in a newspaper in India, it took two years before it was discovered and caused outrage in America.

So seems the current Modus Operandi of the Information Warfare pundits, probably now in the FSB, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the GRU.

I only caught these articles because I noticed a whole bunch of attack pieces focused on Secretary Kerry and the US State Department.

I mean, c’mon, I thought you had better Information Warfare professionals over there. Don’t do a mass copy and paste of all your paid journalist friends and hit send all at one time? You know, a few here, a few there, spread them out. Don’t make it so painfully obvious.